Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

PC LOAD LETTER:Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

PC LOAD LETTER:Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

I was sort of hoping that Obama might open things up in a bit in his second term, you know now that he doesn't have to worry about getting re-elected. There really is no reason to continue this. Cuba hasn't been a threat since the ruskies put missiles there, they CERTAINLY pose no threat whatsoever to the USA now. It's not like best Korea, sure there's a lot of poverty but no more than any other Caribbean nation. I've been to the Bahamas, believe me outside of the tourist traps they are basically a third world country. So they're commies, who farking cares? Let them be commies.

serpent_sky:Seriously - why are we SUCH assholes to Cuba? A little diplomacy would go along way, perhaps even to addressing some of the freedom and human rights issues in the country.

My guess is that it is the last piece of the JFK legacy. To bad we haven't had another young charismatic Democrat President come along. I bet if we had one of those he could lift the embargo and everyone would be cool with it.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat:PC LOAD LETTER: Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

serpent_sky:Seriously - why are we SUCH assholes to Cuba? A little diplomacy would go along way, perhaps even to addressing some of the freedom and human rights issues in the country.

The interesting thing is how communism is more or less finished in every other country that the US didn't boycott, it seems more like the boycott helped prop up Castro by creating an obvious enemy for him to rally support for himself.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat:PC LOAD LETTER: Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

Lazin said Castro had agreed to speak on a panel about Cuba on May 4 and was to accept an award for her activism at a dinner that night. He did not expect any visa problems because she had been granted permission to attend an academic conference in San Francisco last year.

However, a number of Cuban-American politicians criticized the State Department for issuing Castro an entry visa for that event. They noted that U.S. rules prohibit Communist Party members and other high-ranking Cuban government officials from entry without special dispensation.

So in other words, the State Department tucked their tail between their legs this time around because of getting biatched at recently, and/or they're too damn lazy to provide any necessary BS dispensation. Cute.

She is a Cuban diplomat, thereby she is not allowed to leave New York. Why is this so hard for people to understand. Maybe is she wasn't directly related to the Castros we could turn a blind eye. However she is, and thereby until we change our official stance on Cuba. It is what it is.

give me doughnuts:Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: PC LOAD LETTER: Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

serpent_sky:Seriously - why are we SUCH assholes to Cuba? A little diplomacy would go along way, perhaps even to addressing some of the freedom and human rights issues in the country.

Well, there are those that fear normalized relations because the influx of cash and investors could turn Cuba into a tourist destination again, with the risk of wiping out vast numbers of rare plant and animal life.

serpent_sky:Seriously - why are we SUCH assholes to Cuba? A little diplomacy would go along way, perhaps even to addressing some of the freedom and human rights issues in the country.

You see, years ago during the Cold War, we had medium range nuclear missiles stationed in Turkey. So we could easily blow up Kiev, Sevastopol, Baku, etc. This did not make the USSR happy, so they decided to return the favor by sticking medium range nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Kennedy went full retard for awhile and eventually a backroom deal was worked out where we took our shiat out of Turkey and the USSR flushed the Cuba project. However for whatever reason the Boomers decided to be butthurt little shiats about a valid countermove by the USSR and stuck the embargo in place.

ha-ha-guy:serpent_sky: Seriously - why are we SUCH assholes to Cuba? A little diplomacy would go along way, perhaps even to addressing some of the freedom and human rights issues in the country.

You see, years ago during the Cold War, we had medium range nuclear missiles stationed in Turkey. So we could easily blow up Kiev, Sevastopol, Baku, etc. This did not make the USSR happy, so they decided to return the favor by sticking medium range nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Kennedy went full retard for awhile and eventually a backroom deal was worked out where we took our shiat out of Turkey and the USSR flushed the Cuba project. However for whatever reason the Boomers decided to be butthurt little shiats about a valid countermove by the USSR and stuck the embargo in place.

PC LOAD LETTER:Jesus freaking Christ, get over it, America. China is far worse than Cuba when it comes to freedom, human rights, etc. And they are "most favored". Get over it. Open up the relationship, let's move on with our lives and stop living in the damn Cold War.

cold war!? I thought it was because she is gay that's why she was denied!

Let's just buy the place. We'll have a giant image of the Castros and Che painted in the city square, everyone can shiat on them for a month, we'll wash the whole thing down, throw up a hotel, voila.....51st state.

Full blown economic relations with China? Sure. Diplomatic relations with Syria, Iran and even North Korea? Sure. But Cuba ... oh no, have to keep those dangerous bastards cut off from the West. Just brilliant.